Curtis: > We're not manually creating them, these are archived queue files that were > pulled from the hold queue, and then later released by being dropped into > the maildrop queue (using the technique discussed earlier in this thread).
This is safe only when the maildrop queue is "stopped", that is, 1) No submissions with the Postfix sendmail command while these files are in the maildrop directory, otherwise mail will be lost. 2) No pickup daemon and no postsuper command, otherwise pickup will read incomplete files and throw them away, or it will make duplicate deliveries as files get renamed. Wietse